Talking tech at Bett
With Bett taking place in January, the start of the year focuses our attention on educational technology and the impact it can have in the classroom.
Science Minister Chris Skidmore spoke at this year’s event, reiterating the government’s commitment to education technology and working with industry to create solutions that address some of the challenges in education.
The Minister also announced that the DfE is funding trials of new assistive technology for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, including ‘text-to-speech’ and ‘speech recognition’ software, which can help pupils with dyslexia improve their reading and proof-reading.
It’s good to see that after the political upheaval we have seen
in the last few months, government is still committed to investing in educational technology. Read the full Bett review on page 52.
We were delighted to talk to Dr Bill Mitchell, director of policy at BCS, who has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours for services to Computing and Artificial Intelligence in Education. Bill talks about the changes to the computing curriculum, what progress has been made, and the launch of the National Centre for Computing Education, on page 49.
Angela Pisanu, editor
